Configuring the PathBuilder S200 Series Switch for Bridging Operation

Hop Count Limit

Range:

0 to 7

 

 

Default:

7

 

 

Description:

Specifies the maximum number of bridges through which a

 

broadcast frame may pass on the way to its destination.

 

 

Largest Frame Size

Range:

516, 1500, 2052, 4472

 

 

Default:

2052

 

 

Description:

Specifies the maximum size of the INFO field that this Bridge

 

Link can send and receive. The minimum value of this parameter

 

or of adjacent Bridge Link or values of Largest Frame Size of

 

bridge wide parameter is used to determine whether a modification

 

of the Routing Control field of RIF is necessary.

 

 

MAC Address Filter Action

Range:

NONE, PASS, BLOCK

 

 

Default:

NONE

 

 

Description:

Specify how the MAC Address Filter Table is used.

 

• NONE: No MAC address filtering using the MAC Address

 

Filter Table is performed for this link.

 

• PASS: Look in the MAC Address Filter Table for an entry

 

with a matching MAC frame address and take the filtering

 

action specified by this filter table. If no matching entry is

 

found, this value indicates that this frame should be passed.

 

• BLOCK: Look in the MAC Address Filter Table for an entry

 

with a matching MAC frame address and take the filtering

 

action specified by this filter table. If no matching entry is

 

found, this value indicates that this frame should be blocked.

 

 

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EXP Computer S200 manual Hop Count Limit, Largest Frame Size, MAC Address Filter Action, NONE, PASS, Block, None